Don't forget to spend a couple of days in Jefferson City, MO at the State archives. They have MO census on film, county books, civil war muster cards, and much more. ----- Original Message ----- From: <SOtoots@aol.com> To: <> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2002 1:55 AM Subject: Re: Trip to MO- where to look? Libraries, etc... > Hi > If you go near Columbia, be sure and stop at the University there. The > state's historical society holds its archives at there and there are numerous > photos, books, and microfilm of local papers. > > Also, a little closer to Salem is Rolla University (in Rolla). Go to the > basement of the library (when I was there anyway) to the Western Heritage > Collection room for a lot of donated materials, census records, maps and > early works from local areas. And don't miss the book of plot maps which > gives the names of landowners and a book of baptist ministers, both of which > were great resources. I was able to make copies of all of the materials I > wanted. > > I found a lot of great stuff at both locations, just be prepared to spend a > day or more at each, there is a lot of material to look at. > > And of course BE SURE and say Hi to Kinney Fiebelman for me. > > Good luck and enjoy > Sharon Owen > Ontario, California > > Sharon Owen > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >